Episode #: 320 “The Man Behind the Curtain” Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Drew Goddard Directed by Bobby Roth FINAL PRODUCTION DRAFT April 24, 2007 © 2007 ABC Studios. All rights reserved. This material is the exclusive property of ABC Studios and is intended solely for the use of its personnel. Distribution to unauthorized persons or reproduction, in whole or in part, without the written consent of ABC Studios is strictly prohibited. LOST “The Man Behind the Curtain” #320 CAST LIST BEN (PKA HENRY GALE)....................Michael Emerson CHARLIE.................................Dominic Monaghan CLAIRE..................................Emilie de Ravin DESMOND.................................Henry Ian Cusick HURLEY..................................Jorge Garcia JACK....................................Matthew Fox JIN.....................................Daniel Dae Kim JULIET..................................Elizabeth Mitchell KATE....................................Evangeline Lilly LOCKE...................................Terry O’Quinn SAWYER..................................Josh Holloway SAYID...................................Naveen Andrews SUN.....................................Yunjin Kim MR. FRIENDLY/TOM........................M.C. Gainey ALEX....................................Tania Raymonde RICHARD ALPERT..........................Nestor Carbonell MIKHAIL BAKUNIN.........................Andrew Divoff DR. MARVIN CANDLE.......................Francois Chau NAOMI DORRIT/PARACHUTE WOMAN............Marsha Thomason ROGER LINUS.............................Jon Gries YOUNG BEN...............................Sterling Beaumon HORACE GOODSPEED........................Doug Hutchison ANNIE...................................Madeline Carroll EMILY LINUS.............................Carrie Preston OLIVIA GOODSPEED........................Samantha Mathis DHARMA WELCOMER.........................Jenn Boneza DHARMA REP #1...........................Greggory Suenaga DHARMA REP #2...........................Diamante Kielo JACOB (V.O.)............................ CUT: DANIELLE ROUSSEAU.......................Mira Furlan LOST “The Man Behind the Curtain” #320 SET LIST INTERIORS BEN’S TENT – Day REC ROOM – Day – FLASHBACK (1973) CLASSROOM – Day - FLASHBACK (1973) BEN’S HOUSE BEN’S BEDROOM – Night - FLASHBACK (1973) LIVING ROOM – Night - FLASHBACK (1973) JACOB’S CABIN – Night VW BUS – Day - FLASHBACK (1992) EXTERIORS RURAL OREGON “JUNGLE” – Day – FLASHBACK (1962) RURAL HIGHWAY – Day - FLASHBACK (1962) JUNGLE OTHERS’ ENCAMPMENT – Day MIKHAIL TREKKING – Day STREAM – Day BEN/LOCKE TREKKING – Night, Day YOUNG BEN – Night, Day - FLASHBACK (1973) CLEARING/PYLONS – Night/Day - FLASHBACK (1973) GREY ASH CIRCLE AREA – Night CABIN CLEARING – Night YOUNG BEN/ALPERT MEETING – Day - FLASHBACK (1973) SCENIC OVERLOOK/HURLEY’S HILL – Day - FLASHBACK (1992) NEAR BARRACKS – Day - FLASHBACK (1992) MASS GRAVE - Day BEACH TREE LINE – Day WATER TROUGH – Day JULIET’S TENT – Day CAMP AREA – Night KITCHEN AREA – Night DOCK – Day - FLASHBACK (1973) BARRACKS/NEW OTHERTON BACKYARD – Day - FLASHBACK (1973) BEN’S HOUSE – Night - FLASHBACK (1973) BEN’S HOUSE – Day - FLASHBACK (1992) MAIN AREA – Day - FLASHBACK (1992) CUT: JUNGLE - JACK CAMPFIRE – Night LOST “The Man Behind the Curtain” #320 TEASER 1 EXT. JUNGLE - DAY - FLASHBACK (1962) 1 AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! WE OPEN CLOSE ON A WOMAN’S FACE. And she is PALE, SWEATING and fucking SCREAMING. Then WE HEAR A MAN’S URGENT VOICE -- ROGER (O.S.) Push, damn it! PUSH! WIDEN TO FIND a man, mid-30s, ROGER, beside the SCREAMING, VERY PREGNANT WOMAN. She’s laying on the ground in a very remote section of LUSH JUNGLE. Roger DRAPES his JACKET like a blanket over her legs -- ROGER (CONT’D) That’s it, honey -- breathe... you can do it... And while his voice is SOOTHING he’s sweating, SHAKING -- a fucking nervous wreck. He raises his hand to wipe the sweat from his BROW -- OH SHIT -- HIS HAND IS COVERED IN BLOOD. OKAY, we may not have a clue who these people are but we sure as shit know one thing -- this ain’t going well. ON THE WOMAN, screaming again as another contraction rattles her. Roger works to keep his voice calm as he gets into position beneath her -- ROGER (CONT’D) C’mon, Emily -- you can do this -- just PUSH! Emily tries, SCREAMING with every PUSH, and then with one big, final, HEAVE WE HEAR... WWAAAAAAHHHH! THE WAILING OF AN INFANT. Their son is born. The MAN REACHES DOWN and PICKS UP his SON. And now he can’t keep a small smile from the corners of his mouth -- ROGER (CONT’D) You did it, baby -- you did it! (CONTINUED) 2. 1 CONTINUED: 1 ON EMILY, she tries to smile but her eyes are closing... She’s starting to lose consciousness. ROGER (CONT’D) Emily! EMILY! Roger’s eyes dart around the jungle. No one in sight. He can’t leave her. Shit. He can’t leave the baby. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. What the hell is he going to do???? He leans close to his wife, touches her cheek -- ROGER (CONT’D) Listen to me, honey -- we have to get back... No one knows we’re here... Emily starts to rouse, ever so slightly -- ROGER (CONT’D) (louder) Emily! -- can you hold the baby?! Emily looks at her husband, NODS, as Roger carefully puts the baby in his mother’s arms -- ROGER (CONT’D) You got him...? Hold him tight! (off her nod) ...Okay, here we go... Roger reaches down and hoists THEM BOTH INTO HIS ARMS. And now WE’RE MOVING, FOLKS. TRACKING WITH ROGER, holding his family, as he TRUCKS through the WOODS. SPLASH. SPLASH. SPLASH. He runs over a narrow stream. Careful of the slippery rocks. THWAP. THWAP. THWAP. He runs through VINES and OVERGROWTH -- the terrain is steep, he’s breathing fucking hard. And then, suddenly... he hits FUCKING PAVEMENT! Wait. This isn’t the -- ? HONNNNNKKKKK!! 2 EXT. RURAL HIGHWAY - OREGON - CONTINUOUS - FLASHBACK (1962) 2 Holy fuck -- THEY’RE ON A RURAL ROAD. With CARS and TRUCKS and A BIG SIGN... “PORTLAND 32 MILES.” That’s right. This ain’t the island. This is CIVILIZATION. (CONTINUED) 3. 2 CONTINUED: 2 Roger stands by the side of the road, his family in his arms. ROGER (yelling) Help!! HELP!! SUDDENLY A CONVERTIBLE VOLKSWAGON BUG, CIRCA 1960, SWERVES AND SKIDS TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. A very 60s HIPPIE COUPLE, HORACE and OLIVIA, get out and RUN OVER. IN THEIR POV NOW, as they see Roger putting Emily down on the ground. And then they see that they are both COVERED IN BLOOD -- HORACE What happened, man?! ROGER We were hiking -- she wasn’t due yet -- she went into labor... she’s bleeding...! Horace turns to his wife, URGENT -- HORACE Okay... Okay -- let’s put her in the car... (to Roger) We’ll get you to a hospital -- Horace takes off his coat, indicates he wants to put it over Emily -- HORACE (CONT’D) We should keep her warm... Roger NODS, sure, go ahead. As he does it -- HORACE (CONT’D) How’s the baby? ON ROGER, he looks at the infant, miraculously sleeping, wrapped in his MOTHER’S ARMS -- ROGER Okay -- I think -- I don’t know... Just then EMILY starts MOAN -- EMILY Roger... Roger... Roger gets on his knees, takes his wife’s HAND -- (CONTINUED) 4. 2 CONTINUED: (2) 2 ROGER I’m here -- I’m right here... EMILY ROGER Roger... ...Stay with me, honey... it’s gonna be okay... And WE MOVE IN TIGHT ON EMILY NOW as she says -- EMILY (ever so softly) Benjamin... ROGER What? EMILY ...Call him Benjamin... Roger sees she’s starting to lose consciousness again -- ROGER Hang on, honey -- c’mon -- please... But she closes her eyes for the last time -- ROGER (CONT’D) No... oh God, no... It’s too fucking late. He starts to weep... And we PULL BACK now on this TABLEAU -- as it starts to dawn on us what we’ve just seen. The birth of Roger and Emily Linus’ son. THE BIRTH OF BEN. And off the BABY, WE WHOOOOOOOSH TO: 3 INT. BEN’S TENT - DAY 3 The GROWN UP BEN. Sitting, staring at a small, carved WOODEN FIGURINE. And if we didn’t know him better we might think he was feeling a little... SENTIMENTAL. VOICE (O.S.) Whatcha got there? Ben looks up to see RICHARD ALPERT standing at the OPEN FLAP of his tent. Ben lowers the figurine, waves Alpert in -- (CONTINUED) 5. 3 CONTINUED: 3 BEN It’s a birthday present. Mine just so happens to be today. (off Alpert’s smile) You do remember birthdays, don’t you, Richard? Or have you stopped keeping track? A beat, almost awkward, as they consider each other. We might get the sense their relationship is a tad... STRAINED. Then Alpert gets to why he’s there -- ALPERT So, did you want me to bring the tape back to Juliet? ON BEN, he looks... surprised -- BEN What? ALPERT The tape -- with your instructions for Juliet...? Do you want me to bring it back to the Medical Station? BEN (features working) I recorded it yesterday... before we left -- I thought you already took it... Alpert just shakes his head. Ben gets quickly to his feet -- BEN (CONT’D) Where’s Tom? He doesn’t wait for an answer, just starts moving for the tent flap out into -- 4 EXT. BEN’S TENT - JUNGLE ENCAMPMENT - CONTINUOUS 4 Ben emerges into the OTHERS’ new NOMADIC TENT VILLAGE. They’ve moved again, this time setting up camp INLAND nearby a SMALL STREAM. He finds FRIENDLY nearby sitting on a bucket -- BEN Tom -- have you seen my recorder? (CONTINUED) 6. 4 CONTINUED: 4 But Friendly doesn’t even look at him. No, he’s STARING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE. Ben TURNS, looks around, sees all the OTHERS ARE STARING OUT, FIXATED on... something... And now he follows their GAZES TO SEE... JOHN LOCKE. WALKING TOWARDS HIM. A LARGE, BULKY, STUFFED BURLAP SACK HOISTED OVER HIS SHOULDER. The one we saw in EPISODE 319 -- the one that contains the dead, murdered body of ANTHONY FUCKING COOPER. ON BEN. His eyes grow wide. He knows exactly what’s in the SACK. But his expression shows little -- maybe a hint of surprise, or maybe even a touch of FEAR. ON ALPERT, coming out, too, seeing Locke. He too STOPS and STARES, his eyes twinkling with a private happiness, knowing, that he has played a huge role in making this moment happen. WE GO WIDE NOW, on the whole group of OTHERS, standing, watching Locke’s approach and we can’t help but sense the feeling of..